Country Sweden County Gotland County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 182 (2014) | Province Gotland Municipality Gotland Municipality Area 28.91 km² | |
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Garde or Garda is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken, on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Garde District.
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Map of 623 63 Garde, Sweden
Geography
Garde is the name of the socken, now district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Garde Church, sometimes referred to as Garde kyrkby. It is situated in the eastern part of Gotland.
One of the largest cairns on Gotland, the Digerrojr (not to be confused with the eponymous cairn in Alskog) or Graips rojr, is in Garda. It is approximately 5 m (16 ft) high and 35 m (115 ft) in diameter. It is surrounded by standing stones and a rock that is thought to have been used for some kind of sacrifices.
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10808 Digerrojr, is named after the Digerrojr cairn in Garde.